Mike Alger: Avalanches threaten explorers

2:03 AM,
Feb. 1, 2014

Written by

MIKE
ALGER

After the best winter storm of the year has passed, things will calm down in the region for the weekend.

Mostly sunny skies will combine with cold temperatures that may not make it out of the 30s in some valley locations today, and it won't be much warmer on Sunday. A weak system passes through Monday that gives us a slight chance of some snow showers, and will slow our warming trend, keeping us at or below average temperatures for the rest of the week.

One byproduct of the last storm was the issuance of an avalanche warning. Many factors go into determining avalanche dangers, ...